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Updated – MS16-072 may break your User Group Policies “by-design”

This is a PSA for all Group Policy administrator about MS16-072 that was release yesterday. This patch fixed a man in the middle attack using Group Policy Update however it appears that it has also changed the behavior that Group Policy is applied. If you have a security filtered group policy that are applied to users AND you have also…

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MS16-072 – Important: Security Update for Group Policy (3163622) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: ImportantRevision Note: V1.0 (June 14, 2016): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker launches a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack against the traffic passing between a domain controller and the target machine . from Microsoft Security Content http://ift.tt/1Ps6zmv via IFTTT

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New Enterprise improvements coming to IE11 on Windows 7 and 8.1

June 14, 2016 10:00 am In Windows 10 version 1511, we announced a number of improvements to our collection of Enterprise Mode tools, designed to help customers upgrade more easily to Internet Explorer 11. These tools include a new v.2 Enterprise Mode XML schema, which is designed to be simpler,…

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Managing Microsoft Edge in the enterprise

June 7, 2016 10:01 am At last year’s Microsoft Ignite conference, we introduced the enterprise story for the web on Windows 10. Microsoft Edge is designed from the ground up to provide a modern, interoperable, and secure browsing experience; in addition, Internet Explorer 11 is also a part of Windows…

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Citrix Synergy 2016: UX and the Enterprise Desktop like Oil and Water

I had the pleasure recently to present a session at Citrix Synergy 2016 in Las Vegas with Helge Klein (of uberAgent and UPM fame) on enterprise desktop performance in a session titled: SYN239: UX and the enterprise desktop: like oil and water?. We’ve previously presented on performance related topics with folder redirection, and this year we wanted to take a wider look…

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Office 2016 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and …

This download includes Group Policy Administrative Template (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool (OPAX/OPAL) files for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 … from Bing: “group policy” http://ift.tt/1XDLFb3 via IFTTT

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Configuration Management on Servers

Nano Server is a remotely administered headless server operating system optimized for private clouds and datacenters. Nano Server is significantly physically smaller than Server Core, has no local logon capability and only supports 64-bit applications, tools and agents. As we prepare to release Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5, I wanted to provide more information on how to properly configure…

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New enhancements to #AzureAD Domain Services

Howdy folks, Today we’re announcing a cool set of enhancements to Azure AD Domain Services (AAD DS). With > 3500 customers already actively using this new service (while it’s still in preview!), AAD DS has been a unexpected hit. Those customers have given us a lot of helpful feedback and today we’re announcing some new features based on their requests:…

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